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Trevuren

Posted 22 August 2005 - 08:58 PM

1. Backup the registry by going to Start>Run> and type "regedit" without the quotes. Then on the file menu choose export in XP. Export the file to your Desktop.

If a restore of the registry is required in case of emergency, just click on the exported regfile on your desktop, and answer YES to the question whether you want to merge this file with the registry. Wait until you get a message saying something like Merge Successfull.

2. Launch Notepad, and copy/paste everything in the codebox below into the new document, including the word REGEDIT4. Go up to "File Save As" and click the drop-down box to change the "Save As Type" to "All Files" and save it to your desktop as fixme.reg.

3. Locate fixme.reg on your Desktop and double-click on it. You will receive a prompt similar to: "Do you wish to merge the information into the registry?". Answer Yes and wait for a message to appear similar to Merged Successfully.

Trevuren

Posted 23 August 2005 - 10:17 PM

1. Backup the registry by going to Start>Run> and type "regedit" without the quotes. Then on the file menu choose export in XP. Export the file to your Desktop.

If a restore of the registry is required in case of emergency, just click on the exported regfile on your desktop, and answer YES to the question whether you want to merge this file with the registry. Wait until you get a message saying something like Merge Successfull.

2. Launch Notepad, and copy/paste everything in the codebox below into the new document, including the word REGEDIT4. Go up to "File Save As" and click the drop-down box to change the "Save As Type" to "All Files" and save it to your desktop as fixme.reg.

3. Locate fixme.reg on your Desktop and double-click on it. You will receive a prompt similar to: "Do you wish to merge the information into the registry?". Answer Yes and wait for a message to appear similar to Merged Successfully.

Trevuren

Posted 24 August 2005 - 09:29 AM

Trevuren

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Hi Tom, I don't think that they are there at all.... Let me explain, I think that they are orphaned registry entries from when they were there and are still being seen by Spybot which doesn't know the difference. I run Ad-Aware myself even though I have both on my machine. Your call Tom... I don't think we will find them personnally but I don't mind searching more but we aree running ouy of methods.

Humor me please and let's run a different type of scan:

1. Download WinPFind.zip- Extract it to your C:\ folder. This will create a folder called WinPFind in the C:\ folder.

3. Open the C:\WinPFind folder and double-click on WinPFind.exe.(- Add any desire config changes here)- Click on the Start Scan button and wait for it to finish.

This program will scan large amounts of files on your computer for known patterns so please be patient while it works. When it is done, the results of the scan will be displayed and it will create a log file at C:\WinPFind\WinPFind.txt.